60: Empire Delivers Tough Cookies

Published: Feb. 23, 2015, midnight

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Dean of the Blankenship Chair Mark Blankenship joins us to talk about the newest show he\'s covering for Previously.TV -- Fox\'s runaway hit hip-hop soap opera Empire! Liv returns to tell us all about the "Troll Bridge" episode of Face Off, and then we go around the dial to discuss The Americans, the new Emmy eligibility rules, another weird old TV ad, and the imminent return of Intervention. Mark presents the "Don\'t Make Me Over" episode of Roseanne to The Canon, and then after naming the week\'s Winner and Loser, we all dig into a Game Time (from our beloved Joe Reid) that requires us to bust out our calculators. Take a dose of your experimental medicine and enjoy!

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GUESTS

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\\U0001f464 Mark Blankenship

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TOPICS

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Lead Topic: \\U0001f4bf Empire

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f9cc Face Off

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f1fa\\U0001f1f8 The Americans

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f925 Lying

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f3c6 Emmy Rules

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f366 Carvel Ice Cream

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f645\\u200d\\u2642\\ufe0f Intervention

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The Canon: \\U0001f339 Roseanne S04.E24: Don\\u2019t Make Me Over

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44d Professor Utonium

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44e The Nutty Professor

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Game Time: \\U0001f9d7 Mountain Climber

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NOTES

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\\U0001f5d2 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 060 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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